Nevill Coghill (VC)

Nevill Coghill (25 January 1852-22 January 1879) was a British Army lieutenant who was killed at the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.

Biography
Nevill Coghill was born in Drumcondra, County Dublin, Ireland on 25 January 1852 to an Anglo-Irish baronial family. In 1876, Coghill set sail for South Africa as a Lieutenant in the 24th Regiment of Foot of the British Army, and he and his regiment fought at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879. During the battle, he, Teignmouth Melvill, and William Vereker attempted to rescue their regiment's colors from the Zulu, but Coghill and Melvill were overwhelmed and killed in the process; Vereker threw the colors into the Buffalo River to prevent them from falling into enemy hands, and they were retrieved ten days later. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in 1907.